ANZAC DAY 25th April This PowerPoint should be used to prepare students for the Anzac Day Parade. All material used with prior permission from http://www.anzacday.org.au

Corps (pronounced ‘core’) ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps (pronounced ‘core’) The term ‘ANZAC’ is protected by law and permission to use this name for official or commercial purposes is vested in the Minister for Veteran Affairs. Queensland has a vested interest in ANZAC. It is generally conceded that the first man ashore on 25 April was Lieutenant D. Chapman, 9th Battalion AIF, from Maryborough, Queensland. Sadly he was killed at Pozieres in 1916. ANZAC should always be written in upper case.

ANZAC Ode They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. Lest We Forget. The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in The Winnowing Fan: Poems of the Great War in 1914. This verse, which became the Ode for the Returned and Services League, has been used in association with commemoration services in Australia since 1921. Please encourage your students to rehearse this so they may recite at our service.

Last Post Reveille (Rouse) Last Post / Rouse The Last Post is played after the Ode. There is then a ‘1 minute Sacred Silence’ followed by the Rouse. On ANZAC Day, Reveille or Rouse breaks the silence that follows the playing of the Last Post, symbolising the awakening of the dead in the next and better world. (Rouse is the bugle call more commonly used in conjunction with the Last Post and to the layman is often incorrectly called Reveille. Although associated with the Last Post, Reveille is rarely used because of its length.)

Rosemary Rosemary - Rosemary is a small perennial shrub of the mint family. Legend says that the Virgin Mary, while resting, spread her cloak over a white flowering rosemary bush. The flowers turned the blue of her cloak, and from then on the bush was referred to as the “Rose of Mary”. On ANZAC Day, the wearing of small sprigs of rosemary in the coat lapel, pinned to the chest or held in place by medals is synonymous with remembrance and commemoration. Emphasise word ‘Legend’

Red and White Poppies Poppies - In Australia, single poppies are not usually worn on ANZAC Day - the poppy belongs to Remembrance Day, 11 November. However, wreaths of poppies are traditionally placed at memorials and honour boards on ANZAC Day. This same poppy also flowers in Turkey in early spring - as it did in April 1915 when the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli. The ‘Flanders’ poppy grew profusely in the trenches and craters of the war zone. Artillery shells and shrapnel stirred up the earth and exposed the seeds to the light they needed to germinate.

Rising Sun Rising Sun badge (on a slouch hat). One of the mainsprings of an army is its esprit-de- corps - that spirit which gives a soldier purpose and the endurance to carry on when others might give up. This badge, worn on the up-turned brim of a slouch hat, typified the Spirit of ANZAC - the camaraderie of Australian soldiers to fight for the Crown and the British Empire. Several versions of this badge have been made prior to this original version. Mainsprings - the chief motive power; the impelling cause (Dictionary.com, 2012) Es·prit de corps - a sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, enterprise, etc.

Australian National Anthem – Verse 2 Beneath our radiant Southern Cross We'll toil with hearts and hands; To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands; For those who've come across the seas We've boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine To Advance Australia Fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair.